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Digital Diploma powered by Blockchain Technology

Blockchain in Higher Education – The Transformation Begins Higher education and better job opportunities are aspirational goals of many people. When applying for a new position or additional education, people often asked for a proof of an achievement. Today, the process of sharing and managing certificate and diploma data is mostly centralized with control being held by numerous authorities and institutions.  The process of proving and validating achievements and certificates can be greatly simplified using Blockchain technology and give more control to the students and graduates over their educational data and information.  Blockchain technology offers solutions to overcome today’s issues of common data sharing, like GDPR compliance, data ownership and authenticity of data sources. Below we outline a simple solution to verify educational achievements and certificates. Watch Hands On Video Current State of Data Currently, the educational and diploma infor...

California Consumer Privacy Act Explained

Consumers’ personal information is getting exploited more often than ever! One of the most recent examples of this is the Facebook scandal where information of around 540 million user accounts was compromised. The breach of personal information is not limited to any particular industry. It is happening across all sectors and all parts of the world.  Since 2018, Omnibasis empowered companies to comply with the GDPR laws passed in Europe. While the United States congress is debating on what to do, California is taking the lead in protecting consumer data from getting exploited and to make consumers feel more secure about their personal information collected by businesses. For that purposes new law has been introduced in California, United States and it is known as the California Consumer Privacy Act . The purpose of this new law is to make all businesses accountable for their handling of your personal data and to ensure they take the appropriate steps to monitor and protect the p...